Critics Choice Awards Choose ‘Argo’

Critics Choice Awards Choose 'Argo'

The Oscars taketh away, but the critics giveth. Jilted by the Academy Awards this morning (at least in the Best Director category, where he was supposed to be a favorite), Ben Affleck and his Iranian hostage thriller "Argo" scored the Best Picture and the Best Director prizes at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics' Choice Awards earlier this evening. They're not Oscars, but y'know, they're still pretty cool (and let's not forget that Affleck already has an Oscar. And a gorgeous movie star wife and family. And millions of dollars. And a thriving directing career. And a severely underrated head of hair. He'll be fine.)

The other big winner of the night: awards. Holy crap, the Broadcast Film Critics Association gives out a lot of them. All the usual categories you would expect, plus an extra set of Best Film, Actor, and Actress specifically for action films (dominated, not surprisingly, by "Skyfall") and another set for comedies (dominated, not surprisingly, by "Silver Linings Playbook") and a separate award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (won, maybe a little surprisingly, by "Looper"). Here's the full list of winners from the Critics' Choice Awards, but be careful; it is long. You may want to hit the head before you dive into this thing; otherwise you'll probably need a bathroom break midway through.

Comments

Tom
May 13, 2016 1:02 pm

Just watched this broadcast in its entirety and I gotta say it was a great show. When everyone gave Ben Affleck a standing ovation when he won Best Director was electric, and his jokes about the Academy were spot on. Great victory speeches from Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain, deserved winners and an all over great vibe. We can only hope that the Golden Globes will be as interesting and with as much heart come Sunday.